Day 29...Barbadelo - Gonzar (26.8 km)

Another wonderful day walking up again in the mountains where we see stone barns, wood weathered barns, moss and wild flower covered stacked stone walls on either side of our dirt path 4 ft. high. Ivy wraps and slithers farther up and around the grand oak trees.

We walked in the mist once again, it is calming. Pastures divided by 3 ft. moss and lichen covered stacted rock walls, meandering the 4 ft. wide wet dirt paths and across the hills. Who stacked these rock walls? For miles they meander.

I had the pleasure to walk behind a young family (mom, dad, and their 10 or 11 yr. old daughter)who was holding hands with her mother and singing in French. She was dressed in a blue poncho, green pant legs showing underneath and teal tennis shoes. Her brown hair loosely flowing under her pink cap. She tap, tap, taps her one inch wooden stick on the asphalt road as she bubbily bounced away. She was delightful.

We stopped off in Portomorin for an hour or so. First crossing the Rio Miño (River) and then climbing the stairway where legend says you are a true Pilgrim is you climb the steep stairway. We climbed it with little effort with our new Camino strengthened bodies. I worked on the blog while Yvonne sipped some wine.

We left crossing the river once again and made our way to Gonzar. We first got a bed and then immediately went to eat dinner, we were famished. I had a large ensalada mixta (salad), french fries with thinly sliced fried chicken, and then...flan with whipped cream! Ooooh La La!

After our delicious dinner we went back to the nearly empty albergue to shower. When finished we needed to lay down. Soon there was some commotion as the beds were getting filled...a man (late 40´s or early 50´s) arrived carrying a small child and another close by wanting a bed. This was all spoken in Spanish so I didn´t quite understand what was going on. I thought someone had come to meet this man while he was there on the Camino and was visiting him. No. He was riding a bicycle and was towing a bike carrier for the two children, a little boy 1 yr old, and a little girl about 3. He had to be crazy to do the Camino with two small children. Several men didn´t want two small children in our Albergue because we were all very tired. A man pulled a mattress off a lower bunkbed and took it downstairs. Unbelievable! I don´t know what his reason is, but this was unbelievable to many pilgrim´s. It is hard enough to do it yourself, but then bring two small children. Who knows what his reasoning was.

Have a wonderful day. Living With Passion...AriZona on the road in Spain